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Dharmesh Patel

@dharmeshpatel

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QA engineering leader specializing in test automation, performance testing, and AI-driven quality strategies.

India

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking to lead QA engineering and automation (Playwright/mobile/CI/CD) in an Agile team, apply an AI-first testing approach to boost coverage and reduce cycle time, and grow high-performing QA teams through strong stakeholder collaboration.

I’m a proven QA Engineering leader with over 11 years of experience in Agile Project Management, QA strategy, test automation, performance testing, and leadership. I’ve built and mentored high-performing QA teams across geographies, and I’m hands-on with modern UI/API automation using tools like Playwright, Selenium, and Appium—always aiming to improve quality outcomes and operational efficiency.

In recent roles, I’ve introduced Playwright as a primary automation tool, built scalable parallel frameworks, and standardized CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins/Azure DevOps) to reduce regression cycles dramatically. I also lead performance engineering by setting up the performance vertical, frameworks, test plans, and reporting—and I bring an AI-first mindset to test generation, debugging, and productivity improvements using tools like Copilot and Cursor.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Project Tech Lead

Stridely Solutions

Sep 2025 - Apr 2026 (7 months)

Executed a QA strategy and led the India office QA team, coordinating sprint tasks, test cases/test data, and Jira bug management. Built Playwright (UI+API) automation with parallel execution (~85% regression coverage) and a mobile Appium strategy for Android/iOS; reduced regression cycle time by 60% via Jenkins/Azure DevOps CI/CD and improved testing productivity by ~2x using AI tools.

Playwright UI Testing API Testing Appium Android IOS Automation CI CD Jenkins Azure DevOps Jira

Associate Manager - QE

Litera

Apr 2024 - Jul 2025 (1 year 3 months)

Introduced Playwright as the primary automation tool, replacing legacy Selenium, and built scalable UI/API parallel execution frameworks to increase coverage from 30% to 75%. Managed a QA department for a major business unit (20+ professionals across 4 countries), standardized automation and CI/CD pipelines to cut regression time from 5 days to 1.5 days, and set up a Performance Engineering vertic

Playwright Selenium Appium Automation Framework CI CD Pipelines Performance Engineering Mobile Testing GitHub Co Pilot

Associate Software Engineer - Test Lead

KiwiQA Services

Jan 2020 - Jul 2021 (1 year 6 months)

Conducted requirement understanding and Scrum client calls, and prepared test plans based on product needs. Developed automated Selenium WebDriver tests in Java and maintained dynamic cross-platform scripts runnable across Windows/Mac/Android/iOS using Sauce Labs, supporting cross-browser and cross-platform testing.

Java Selenium Webdriver Test Planning Dynamic Test Scripting Cross Browser Testing Sauce Labs

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Ganpat University & Resource Development

Master of Computer Application, Computer Application

2012 -

Completed a Master of Computer Application at Ganpat University & Resource Development. Covered programming languages including Java, JavaScript, and TypeScript.